Report of an Archaeological Survey for Aboriginal Sites in the area of the Proposed Water Treatment Plant and Associated Infrastructure at Mundaring, Western Australia Prepared for The Water Corporation By Linda E. Villiers Australian Interaction Consultants PO Box 90, Osborne Park WA 6917 Tel: (08) 9440 0500 ☯ Fax: (08) 9440 0955 Email:
[email protected] June 2007 7084 REPORT OF AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE PROPOSED WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE, MUNDARING, WESTERN AUSTRALIA EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background Australian Interaction Consultants was retained by the Water Corporation of Western Australia to undertake an archaeological survey of four possible sites in close proximity to the Mundaring Weir for a proposed Water Treatment Plant (WTP). The first proposed site is Site 1in Water Corporation reserve 39644 (below Mundaring Weir, bounded by Mundaring Weir Road in the Heritage and Tourist Precinct, south of Helena River). DEC land, north of Site 1, is the second proposed site. It is part freehold property held by DEC and part of State Forest Number 7, located along the Mundaring Weir Road, near the Kookaburra Outdoor cinema. The Pine plantation, south east of the CALM land along Allen Road, is the third proposed site. It is next to the DEC airstrip north of Mundaring Weir. A service corridor along Allen Rd from the DEC site to the Pine Plantation also required surveying. O’Connor Site is the fourth proposed location, on the Mundaring Weir Roadand Firewood Road, north of the weir. This included an archaeological assessment of the service corridor along the existing pipeline route from O’Connor Site to the weir area.